Cloth-ornamenting machine.



G. W. PARKINSON & R. S. TOMPKINS.

CLOTH ORNAMENTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1911.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

INVE/VTOR5 WITNESSES rm/ms UNITED STATES T'PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE W. PARKINSON AND RALPH s. ToMrKINsoE FISHKILL-ON-THE-I-IUDSON,

NEW YORK.

CLOTH-ORNAMEN'IING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

Application filed November 10, 1911. Serial No. 659,576.

vented a new and Improved Cloth-Ornamenting Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The invention relates to hat-making machinery, and its object is to provide a new and improved clot-h ornamenting machine, more especially designed for ornamenting into the surface of felt, wool, fur or other material used in making'hats, or caps, so that the said material presents'a surface in close imitation of corduroy, stitching or the like.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a revoluble ornamenting roller and means for feeding the material under the said roller for the latter to form grooves in theface of the material in imitation of corduroy, stitching and the like.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ornamenting machine, part being in section; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of the supporting block and the material, with the ornamenting roller in elevation and forming grooves into the face of the material; and Fig. 4 is a face view of the finished material.

On a suitably constructed frame A is journaled a shaftB, provided at its outer end with a roller C having its peripheral face provided with spaced annular projecting edges or ribs adapted to press grooves in the face of the material D so that the surface thereof appears in imitation of corduroy, stitching and the like, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. A. The shaft B is provided with a pulley E or other means connected with other machinery for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the shaft B and the roller C held on the said shaft; The material D is placed on an arch-shaped block F mounted on an arm G adjustably secured in a socket H by a set screw I, and the said socket H is adjustably V secured to the rock shaftJ by the use of a set screw J, and'the said rock shaft J is journaled in the lower or base portion of the frame A. On the rock shaft J is secured an arm K connected by a link L with a treadle N pressed on by a spring 0 so as to normally hold the treadle N in an uppermost position and the block F to one side of the vertical plane passing through the aXis Y of the roller C, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. V

In using the machine, the material is placed over the block F and then the operator presses the treadle N to cause the block F to-swing under the roller C thus carrying the material in contact with the groovin edges or ribs of the roller, whereby the saic edges or ribs press grooves in the material and thus give the surface thereof the appearance of corduroy, stitching and the like.

The swinging motion of the arm G is limited by an adjustable stop P to permit of swinging the block F into correct position relative to the revoluble roller C. When the operator releases the treadle N then the spring 0 returns the parts to inactive position to permit of removing the material from the block F and placing a new piece of material on the block. The block F is preferably provided with a covering F, of felt or other soft material, to retard the speed of the material'as the roller G draws the material under it and over the block F.

It is understood that the projecting edges or ribs of the roller C may be shaped to produce fancy grooves or fancy patterns on the felt, wool, fur, leather or other material to be embellished.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:.

1. A cloth ornamenting machine, comprising a bed having a plain upper surface, and a plurality of positively operated revoluble and juxtaposed groove-forming mem bers arranged above the bed, whereby provision is made for pressing grooves in one face of the cloth to give it the appearance of corduroy or stitching.

2. A cloth ornamenting machine comprising a bed having a plain working surface, a revoluble roller provided with a plution of a predetermined design, and means for continuously revolving the sand roller,

the bed and roller being movable relatively one to the other to move the said parts in and out of operative position.

8. A cloth ornamenting' machine, comprising a continuously rotating shaft, a roller mounted on the shaft and provided with a plurality of groove forming edges or ribs arranged side by side, a pivoted bed below the roller, and manually controlled means for swinging the bed below the roller and having a plain upper surface or to one side thereof.

4. A cloth ornamenting machine comprising a continuously rotating shaft, a roller mounted on the shaft and provided with a plurality of projecting edges or ribs arranged side by side for pressing grooves in the cloth, a rock shaft below the roller and provided with an arm, an arch-shaped bed carried by the rock shaft and having a plain upper surface, and a treadle connected with the said arm.

5. A cloth ornamenting machine, comprising a revoluble roller provided with a plurality of edges in imitation of a predetermined design, a rock shaft below the roller and provided with a socket and an arm at right angles to the socket, an archshaped block provided with a stem adjustably secured in the socket, a treadle connected with the arm of the rock shaft, and a stop for limiting the swinging movement of the said block.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WV. PARKINSON. RALPH S. TOMPKINS.

Vitnesses H. K. TOMPKINS, E. E. ANTHONY.

Copies of this 'patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent! Washington, D. G. 

